The Syncs by 50's Oval - Fit technology
earcups did a better job of keeping the noise down.
The plastic felt creaky and cheap, while the earcups didn't swivel enough to seat properly on our ears.
Not exact matches
They're very light, they don't clamp down too tight, and the amount of padding on their
earcups and headband, for me, is ideal.
Flip the switch on the right
earcup and lower frequencies
do lose most of their thrust.
Much like the Khan, though, I
do find the
earcups to be a bit small, and I don't even have particularly big ears.
Where the Khan Aimo
does differ from its little stereo brother are the thin RGB LED strip on each
earcup, and one on either side where the headband meets the
earcup.
The Revolver uses a floating headband system that automatically adjusts to the size of your head so that you don't have to fiddle around to get a good fit, while the
earcups are made of a soft padded material covered in faux leather that doesn't tend to overheat the old ears too much.
The bright red design on the
earcups look like air intakes or maybe the opening to a giant laser cannon assembly, and while they don't light up in a display of RGB light like so many other «gaming» peripherals these days they
do still catch the eye.
The left
earcup is home to a volume wheel that doesn't have much travel but feels nice and smooth to use.
A respectable amount of padding around the
earcups finishes the whole thing off by ensuring your ears never touch the drivers themselves and don't get too hot, either, although the occasional cooldown break is still suggested because nobody enjoys having sweaty ears.
The
earcups have enough space that the ears don't feel squeezed in while the padding along the headband and on the
earcups themselves is quite generous.
The headphones
do have an undeniably luxurious look and feel to them — the headband has a cushioned, quilted undersurface, the circumaural (over-the-ear) pads are plush, and the
earcups swivel flat for easy stowing.
Don't get Tiamats, the
earcups wear out in about 1 year and they don't offer any replacements, I hacked mine to make them work but the PCB in the volume controller just died and have no power.
Meanwhile, there's a volume knob on the right
earcup that unfortunately doesn't allow you to change game and chat volume independently as you can with the Arctis 7 and Astro A20s.
The leather and aluminum materials continue to the
earcups, which feature a faux - grill that makes the MW50 look like open - back headphones but, don't be fooled, they're actually closed back.
The headphones come with really comfortable memory foam
earcups that don't bother you even at the end of long hours of gaming.
I was surprised to see that the company didn't mark the
earcups to distinguish which side is left and which is right.
On - ear headphones rest the
earcups against your ears, but don't surround them.
Raising and lowering the volume are
done via a scrolling wheel located on the right
earcup.
Lifting the Sense off your head immediately pauses the music, though simply lifting off the right
earcup will
do the same.
The
earcups are also not replaceable,
does not support RGB backlight, G programming buttons on the headset unit from the 3 + 1 into a one, which will be introduced later.
A set of specially developed 45 mm drivers are in each
earcup, each with a quad - core voice coil, to which a digital signal is sent using its Pure Digital Drive technology, which
does away with a digital - to - analog converter.
Its heavily padded
earcups feel more plush than the Logitech G231 Prodigy, and it puts more power behind the low end, though it doesn't present quite as much treble crispness.
The cushioning in the
earcups and under the headband is soft and squishy, and the headband is extendable enough to cater for everyone.Comfort doesn't...
Credit: Mark Spoonauer / Tom's GuideThe bottom of the right
earcup houses two chunky, protruding volume buttons and a center pause button that's recessed, which makes sense because you don't want to accidentally stop the music.
The arms let the
earcups tilt up and down and pivot slightly left and right for a comfortable fit, but they don't fold inward for storage.
The headphone frame collapses at hinges just above each
earcup, which can swivel outward, a bit like DJ - style headphones
do.